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James Griffith

Known for acting · Born 13 February 1916 · Died 17 September 1993 · aged 77 · Los Angeles, California, USA

162 credits

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

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Known for

Mission: Impossible

1966

The Amazing Transparent Man

1960

The Night of the Hunter

1955

Shalako

1968

Motorpsycho!

1965

Lorna

1964

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Batman

1966

Masterson of Kansas

1954

Blonde Ice

1948

Catlow

1971

Bullwhip

1958

Acting (157)

1981The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnUncle SilasFilm
1980The Legend of Sleepy HollowSquire Van TasselFilm
1979Hart to HartSeries
1979B. J. and the Bear · 2 episodesSeries
1978Fantasy IslandHezekiah PughSeries
1978Desperate WomenJonas ScurlockFilm
1977Grizzly AdamsWattsSeries
1977Flood!Charlie DavisFilm
1977BabeHospital Spokesman (uncredited)Film
1977SpeedtrapWinoFilm
1977The GiftTavFilm
1975IsisDr. BlandfordSeries
1974Little House on the PrairieDandy Davis · 2 episodesSeries
1974The Six Million Dollar ManWill LongSeries
1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerSchwartzSeries
1974Seven AloneBilly ShawFilm
1974Run, Joe, RunSeries
1974Hitchhike!Sheriff BentleyFilm
1973KojakMr. SwiftSeries
1973Police StorySeries
1972Kung FuJoe PurdySeries
1972The Streets of San Francisco · 3 episodesSeries
1972Emergency!Joe Hosmer · 2 episodesSeries
1970Like It IsFatherFilm
1970Dial Hot LineSamFilm
1969Heaven with a GunAbraham MurdockFilm
1969Medical CenterSeries
1969Seven in DarknessHarlan CabotFilm
1968Day of the Evil GunStorekeeperFilm
1968The Mod SquadSeries
1968Lancer · 3 episodesSeries
1967Winchester '73Minister Riding on HorseFilm
1967The Guns of Will SonnettSeries
1966BatmanTrusty · 2 episodes, ManxSeries
1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyMr. StriblingFilm
1966The MonkeesMarshallSeries
1966The MonroesSeries
1965The Big ValleyClydeSeries
1965F TroopSeries
1965Honey WestConrad WycherlySeries
1965LaredoSeries
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Dr. TrebushSeries
1964LornaThe Man of GodFilm
1964Daniel BooneFeathers, Coll · 3 episodesSeries
1964Advance to the RearHugo ZattigFilm
1964The RoguesBertSeries
1963The FugitiveDispatcher, SethSeries
1963The Great AdventureHarry YoungSeries
1962How the West Was WonPoker Player with Cleve (uncredited)Film
1962The StormEd BrandiesFilm
1962General Electric True · 2 episodesSeries
1961Pocketful of MiraclesDetective Briscoe (uncredited)Film
1961Dr. KildareSims, Harold HutchinsonSeries
1961Ben CaseySeries
1961Officer Morgan and a Man of MysteryDetective TomFilm
1960SpartacusOtho (uncredited)Film
1960North to AlaskaSalvation Army LeaderFilm
1960The Amazing Transparent ManMajor Paul KrennerFilm
1960ThrillerEd Brandies, Victor HarrodSeries
1960The Tall Man · 2 episodesSeries
1960OutlawsSeries
1959BonanzaSam PearsonSeries
1959RawhideTyree, White, GurneySeries
1959The Big FishermanBeggarFilm
1959Lock-Up · 2 episodesSeries
1959RiverboatCpl. Sam GilerSeries
1959The DeputyBallardSeries
1959Wichita TownSeries
1959The Lawless YearsSeries
1958Return to WarbowFrank HollisterFilm
1958Bullwhip'Slow' KarpFilm
1958Man from God's CountryMark FaberFilm
1958BroncoSeries
1958The TexanSeries
1958Frontier GunCash SkeltonFilm
1958Seven Guns to MesaPapa ClellanFilm
1957Perry MasonArthur Dorian, Jake Stearns, Walter Hutchings, Jack RandallSeries
1957Raintree CountyMr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)Film
1957Have Gun, Will Travel · 2 episodesSeries
1957MaverickJohn Wesley HardinSeries
1957The Guns of Fort PetticoatKipperFilm
1957The VampireHenry WinstonFilm
1957Domino KidFilm
1957Omar KhayyamBuzorgFilm
1957Trackdown · 10 episodesSeries
1957M SquadJames KenitonSeries
1957The Walter Winchell FileSeries
1957Official DetectiveSeries
1956The KillingMr. GrimesFilm
1956Tribute to a Bad ManBarjakFilm
1956Anything GoesPaul HolidayFilm
1956The First TexanDavy CrockettFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTaggertSeries
1956Rebel in TownMarshal Adam RussellFilm
1956The Adventures of Jim BowieSeries
1955The Night of the HunterDistrict AttorneyFilm
1955GunsmokeJoe Kite, Joth Monger, Tillman, Bettis, Harford, Wade LesterSeries
1955Cheyenne · 2 episodes, GorrellSeries
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries
1955Count Three and PraySwallowFilm
1955At GunpointAlexanderFilm
1955Apache AmbushAbraham LincolnFilm
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour · 2 episodesSeries
1955Matinee TheaterSeries
1955The MillionaireAllan ReeseSeries
1955I Cover the UnderworldSmiley Di AngeloFilm
1955Buffalo Bill Jr. · 2 episodesSeries
1955FrontierSeries
1954LassieSeries
1954Drum BeatVeteran One-Legged Soldier at White House Gate (uncredited)Film
1954Ride Clear of DiabloHenryFilm
1954DragnetJesse QuinnFilm
1954Masterson of KansasDoc HollidayFilm
1954Manhunt in SpaceKen, Cassa 7 Air ControllerFilm
1954Rails Into LaramieOrrie SommersFilm
1954The Black DakotasWarrenFilm
1954The Shanghai StoryCarl HoytFilm
1954The Boy from OklahomaJoe DowneyFilm
1954Jesse James vs. the DaltonsBob DaltonFilm
1954The Law vs. Billy the KidPat GarrettFilm
1954Day of TriumphJudas IscariotFilm
1953Kansas PacificJoe FarleyFilm
1953No EscapePeter HaydenFilm
1953City DetectiveSeries
1953I Beheld His GloryCaiaphasFilm
1952Death Valley DaysAaron WintersSeries
1952Hopalong CassidySeries
1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, NellieOllieFilm
1952Eight Iron MenPvt. FergusonFilm
1952Red Skies of MontanaBoise PetersonFilm
1952Cavalcade of AmericaAbraham Lincoln, Clay DoggettSeries
1952Dangerous AssignmentSeries
1951Dragnet · 4 episodesSeries
1951Apache DrumsLt. GliddenFilm
1951Payment on DemandArthurFilm
1951RhubarbOgelthorpe MeadowsFilm
1951Inside the Walls of Folsom PrisonCarl Gebhardt (uncredited)Film
1951The Blue VeilJoplin's Agent (Uncredited)Film
1951Al Jennings of OklahomaSlim HarrisFilm
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsRaymond AndrewsSeries
1951The Lady Pays OffRonaldFilm
1951Chain of CircumstanceSidFilm
1950The Breaking PointCharlie, Bartender (uncredited)Film
1950The Cariboo TrailHigginsFilm
1950Bright LeafEllery (uncredited)Film
1950The Petty GirlRoyal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)Film
1950Lux Video TheatreHenry JacksonSeries
1950Double DealWalter KarnesFilm
1950Indian TerritoryApache Kid aka Johnny CordayFilm
1949Holiday AffairCrowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)Film
1949Oh, You Beautiful DollJoe, a ReporterFilm
1949Search for DangerLt. CooperFilm
1949Alaska PatrolOperative DaleFilm
1949Special AgentCandy Vendor on Train (uncredited)Film
1949Daughter of the WestJed MorganFilm
1948Blonde IceAl HerrickFilm
1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedInsurance Salesman (uncredited)Film

Writing (5)

1971CatlowWriterFilm
1968ShalakoScreenplayFilm
1966Mission: ImpossibleWriterSeries
1965Motorpsycho!Original StoryFilm
1964LornaScreenplay, Original Music ComposerFilm